§ 59-21-89. Use of oscillating or rotating blue lights on vessels
It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer on duty, to use or display oscillating or rotating blue lights on a vessel operating on the public waters of this state. Upon the approach of an authorized law enforcement vessel operating a strobe, rotating or oscillating blue light or giving audible signal […]
§ 59-21-111. Assumption of duties and responsibilities of Boat and Water Safety Commission
The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, insofar as practicable under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 49, Mississippi Code […]
§ 59-21-113 and 59-21-115. . Repealed
Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 30, eff from and after July 1, 1979. 59-21-113. [Codes, 1942, § 8496-22; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 22; 1964, ch. 468,§ 8; 1968, ch. 266, § 1] 59-21-115. [Codes, 1942, § 8496-23; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 23; 1964, ch. 468, § 9; 1968, ch. 265, § […]
§ 59-21-51. Duty to report boating accidents; “boating accident” defined
In the case of a boating accident involving collision, accident or other casualty involving a motorboat or vessel subject to this chapter, while operated upon the waters of this state, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident or other casualty results in death to any person, injury causing any person to remain incapacitated for a […]
§ 59-21-53. Time for submission of accident reports; contents; distribution; disclosure
Whenever death results from a boating accident, a written report shall be submitted within forty-eight (48) hours. For every other reportable boating accident a written report shall be submitted within five (5) days after such accident. The operator(s) of the boat(s) shall prepare and submit the written report(s) to the commission. Every written report shall […]
§ 59-21-55. Duty of vessel operator to remain at scene of accident and render aid and assistance; liability for rendering assistance
It shall be the duty of the operator of any vessel involved in a boating accident to remain at the scene of such accident until he has rendered all necessary aid and assistance, including the carrying or the making of arrangements for the carrying of any person involved in such accident to a physician, surgeon, […]
§ 59-21-81. Requirements as to lights, personal flotation devices and other safety equipment; children required to wear personal flotation devices; vessels to be seaworthy; safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft
Every vessel shall have on board a Coast Guard approved personal flotation device for each person aboard such vessel, and every person twelve (12) years or younger on board a motorboat, sailboat, or vessel which measures less than twenty-six (26) feet in length shall wear a type I, II, or III Coast Guard approved personal […]
§ 59-21-17. Contents of certificate of number; duties of commission; release of information on vessels; fees and charges for copying, certifying or searching records
The certificate of number shall include the following: Name and address of owner. Date of birth of owner. Present citizenship of owner (county, state, country). County in which vessel is principally used. Present number (if any). Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other). Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other). Type of fuel (gas, diesel, other). […]
§ 59-21-19. Size of certificate of number; temporary certificates; expiration dates; livery boat certificates; manufacturers’ and dealers’ certificates and numbers
The certificate of number shall be pocket-size, approximately two and one-half inches (2-1/2″) by three and one-half inches (3-1/2″), and water resistant. Pending the issuance of the original certificate of number, the owner of the vessel may be furnished a temporary certificate of number valid for sixty (60) days from the date of issue. This […]
§ 59-21-21. Surrender of certificate of number; notification of change of owner’s address or loss, destruction, abandonment or transfer of vessel; application for number by new owner of vessel
When the owner of a numbered vessel removes his residence to another state, or the numbered vessel is not usually moored, docked, housed or garaged within this state, the owner shall, within ninety (90) days thereafter, surrender the certificate of number to the commission. When the owner of a numbered vessel changes his address from […]